. and evening in boston. we're going to check in with our newscorrespondent,jimdolan.goodmorning,jim, whatcan you tell us? >> let me give you the latest this morning. there are a lot of people affected by this. schools are closed. businesses are closed. shops are closed. and people are being instructed to stay in their homes. don't leave your home unless clearly, the person on the other side of the door is identifiable as a police officer. a number of communities -- i'm going to list them real quickly in case folks recognize them. newton, watertown, cambridge, waltham, belmont, and all of boston, affected by this lockdown here as police search for a suspect in the marathon -- the boston marathon bomber case and also the same suspect suspected of murdering a police officer here overnight. his name is dzhokhar dzhokhar. he is just 19 years old. police telling us he is willing to die on this standoff and heavily -- and he is heavily armed. kelly: jim, is there any word as to how they zeroed in on these wo men so quickly? >> yesterday, over the last several days, they have been going over eve

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30 victims who were missing a limb.abc'sjimavilareports on how this tragedy unfolded. >> reporter: two hours after the winners crossed, 4:09 into the race, the amateur runners still filling boston's boylston street, two rapid-fire explosions at the finish line. >> something just blew up! [ explosion ] >> run! go! >> reporter: turning the cherished boston marathon into what one hospital official called a war zone. >> i crossed the 26-mile marker and i saw the first explosion happen. there was some commotion. i saw a fire and smoke. and i didn't know what it was. and then from about me to where that gentleman is standing over there, i literally saw the garbage barrel explode. i saw the flash, the fire, the smoke, and i just ran as fast as i could. >> reporter: cameras were rolling from many angles as the force of the blast actually knocks over at least within of the marathoners. look again. most of the injuries, though, suffered by spectators who came to celebrate the finish. >> a bomb went off. and it knocked me to the ground. and then, you know, everybody started running, panickin

the changes of the way it operates. butasjimsaidif you change medicare you're likely to have ripple effects that could be very positive for the rest of the health sector. the question is, can you get >> of course, that does say that it is not a fortune teller or an accurate one in the projections are faulty but in fact, the program has then better with per-capita prescription drug spending than the rest of the country. that is a good indication. and two seniors make a choice is? this is a fear everyone has. so here i go to part d again. what a lot of analysts who don't like the idea have said is i . >> is an exciting time. population reasserting is growing at a tremendous pace as baby boomers aged to there golden years we're at an important evolution. these leading-edge consumers and represent the beginning of the epic wave of growth has statistics were mentioned at the end of the decade, a 64 million people will be enrolled in medicare. 40 million more or 28% more than today. and also the population will look differently as the boomers age because of there unique qualities and char

agricultural. thank you all very very much for being here. megansmith,jimkolbeand judson please come forward. we are going to go straight through the noon hour because of the numbers we have. some senators have been thinking of going in for lunch and other meetings that are taking place but we will begin with megan smith who is commissioner of the vermont commission of tourism appointed by -- in 2011. before that she was in the vermont legislature and before she became commissioner she and her husband owned and operated the vermont in which is a very nice place. for over a dozen years. ms. smith, go ahead. >> chairman lacie ranking member grassley members of the committee i'm pleased to be here today on behalf of the vermont department of tourism and marketing and the broader traveling community to highlight the importance of travel related provisions included in immigration reform. vermont is very dependent on tourism. our percentage of jobs in the industry is twice the natural -- national average of 38%. the majority of our businesses are small and family-owned and agri-tourism is

activated and incident managementassistantjim, threepreliminary damage assessment teams, and we are also standing by to assist in any other way. our eoc remains at level three, which is at increased readiness. we will continue to monitor the events over the course of the day and provide you with updates as they are relevant. i might add, mr. chairman, that many of the things i've just gone through are examples of the kinds of activities that have been supported by the committee, through fema, through the various grants that we supply, search and rescue being a good example of the kinds of things that grants have been supporting increasing our capacity for response and resilience as a nation. so that is the most recent on west, texas. with respect to boston, we are, we are investi this as an act of terror. we ae assisting. ice is part of the jttf. we have over four dozen ice agents now assigned to the boston office helping in the investigation. cdp is assisting in a number of tays immediately after the we work to close logan, the ground air for a few hours and to institute special targeti

ajimdemintexit at exit security system as well as economic conditions is a good thing. a variety of economic legislation in this are good on balance. >> i want america to win. >> me too. craig huey about how the u.s. is not using immigration policy effectively and as many other countries are to improve economic growth. what countries did you see as doing a good job? numbers, look at the it's in my written testimony, under core visas are for economic reasons at the moment. given the paramount need for economic growth, that cuts across our ability to deal with all our policy challenges, those will all be easier with faster economic growth. focusing on that makes more sense. other countries, we have charts in the written testimony, have a high percentage. other countries that have made reforms recently like the united kingdom looking to do this. if you look at the countries that are struggling right now and likely to fail, dejapan. europe, the exception is germany, which has undertaken a particular percentage of turkish labor. we have to recognize economic reality and adjust our pol